Thread: Dai Sensei's Travels - Trip 1

Originally Posted by dai sensei

... I was walking back from checking out some trees ...

Originally Posted by dai sensei

... I am now at Dingo Flats camping ground (last photo single shot), stopped under the California Redwoods (Sequoias) ...

still checking out the trees ?

you know technically the redwoods could be classed as a "weed"






does dai sensei have a portable mill in that trailer of his

I have been doing a lot of driving today. Started up the mountains from Coopernook today, going up from one side only to find the road closed and barricaded off at Starrs Creek, only 5kms from my destination of Flat Rock lookout (~50kms in). I was going to do the whole loop, but as it was closed, had to head back down to Moorland and head up the other way. It too had a sign saying closed, but no barricade, so kept going and made it to Flat Rock lookout. I will call in on Waitui Falls on way back.


Photos - cave next to the road, not sure if it was the Newbys Cave or not. Then a single shot of the escarpment at Flat Rock, around 300m straight down. The panarmics of Flat Rock Lookout, Newbys lookout and Vincents Lookout. In Vincents you can see, blowing it up hopefully anyway, the Manning River delta in the left hand corner.

Originally Posted by ian

still checking out the trees ? Always

you know technically the redwoods could be classes as "weeds" True, but apparently left there due to there historic significance

does dai sensei have a portable mill in that trailer of his Yep. I sliced up a large donut white-top burl yesterday morning. When I called in on Peter (at Artisans on the Hill), he showed me some old Gidgee fence posts he was willing to part with too. Still have to work out where to put all this when I get back from the hills More strapped to the sides of the trailer I fear

I've just gotten home from 3 days camping on the Manning at Bretti reserve. 1st shower in 4 days. Ahh..that feels better.
Love the panoramas Neil. Any idea of how those Sequoias got there. I pressume there is a story goes with them.
I did a gold mine tour on Saturday which included a bit of information about the cedar cutters that worked in the area in the 1800s. I now know where there are some nice cedars that were missed

One of the signs talked about them being planted back in the day, but I don't remember much else.

Yes there are a few left in there, all you have to do is look, but not easy access. Plenty still up my way, I have 3 trees to mill as soon as I get back.

Originally Posted by dai sensei

... So this morning headed off to Ellenborough Falls to start with. I could only manage the lookout, plus the walk down to the top of the falls, no hope of reaching the bottom (200m down and 641 steps). I took a panorama of the waterfall top, then a series of panoramas of the falls from the lookout, to form a panorama of the panoramas ...

Lucky you didn't
I did 30 odd years ago, slipped on the way back up and ended up with 6 stitches in my leg

But notwithstanding that it is beautifull country, enjoy your travels

Some pics from Waitui Falls, just before the rain set in . It would be a nice place for a dip if it was a hot day.

I'm now back at Nabiac. I grabbed 2 old posts of Peter's Gidgee , just need to work out where to store it in then trailer with the other timber I've picked up

Grab another trailer and become a road train

Some spectacular photos and enjoying the progress reports.

You can tell a timber addict, when the trailer is full (but still 300kgs under), so you need to tie the burls to the sides and Gidgee posts underneath

You are a sick man Neil.

You need to go home and lighten up!

I will agree with Robo you are a very sick man you may have been better off swapping vehicles with Robo but then again I reckon you will then have filled it up too the distance you still have to get home you will have stuff strapped to the roof of the camper

Cheers Mate

I want to know which life time you will get to use that timber.

Well yesterday I went fishing, and although the sea was quite reasonable, the rain came down in buckets nearly all day long. Trawling was no good, but finally convinced skipper to go bottom fishing, unaffected by rain. Managed to catch 8 flathead of which only 2 were keepers. Sorry, not worth photo, even the keepers were relatively small but tasted good that night for tea


I then got a number of calls from the neighbours at home, problems with the pool pump that was annoying them with noise, I could hear the screeching over the phone. House sitters were not there but they did manage to get there to turn it off. My guess is it is either gravel in the impeller or a bearing has given up. If they took it to the pool shop they would have said new pump required and $800 thank you. So decided to head home early.

I will catch the Bird Tree, Waterfall Way and the other sites I wanted to see some other time. Got to Woolgoolga, where the camper is made, to get some proper hold down brackets and leg side extensions just before he closed (early for weekend). Got some tea at Grafton and currently stopped for the night between Grafton and Ballina at a road side stop. I will arrive home again tomorrow around lunch time, so trip 1 is coming to an end .

Car is travelling well and the load is staying put .

Cheers